Archive for: July 2021

A Walk…A Ride…Some Dinner…but not an Ordinary Day

Written on July 16, 2021 in USA

After another lovely breakfast, we set out to explore Reykjavik. We strolled along, stopping when a shop looked interesting. My favorite shop had four stories. The first two floors contained lovely Icelandic souvenirs. As I approached the third level, I detected a familiar aroma…new books! What a pleasant surprise. The top floor features a cafe.....

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The Retreat at the Blue Lagoon…and a surprise at day’s end

Written on July 16, 2021 in USA

On our way to breakfast, we encountered a Crystal Cruises rep, Kris. She gave us information regarding Covid testing and our transfer to the ship on Saturday. Meeting her set off waves of happiness. Hotel Borg’s breakfast offerings are typical for a fine European hotel. Tim enjoyed his eggs and pastries, but really loves the...

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The Reykjavik Food Walk

Written on July 14, 2021 in USA

Walking around a new(ish) city with a fun group of folks, eating really yummy food with an engaging, fun loving, knowledgeable guide is a fantastic way to kick off an evening. Twelve of us met up at the Harpa Concert Hall (more on that in a later post) at 5 pm and followed Dave, our...

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Reykjavik…day one…a whole lot of sleeping

Written on July 14, 2021 in USA

Our experiences with IcelandAir and then arriving at Keflavik Airport were truly a pleasure. And that’s not at all attributable to the fact that we have travel deprived for 20 months. We were the only plane arriving at 6:00 am. Deplaning, fetching our luggage, going through passport check, vaccination check and customs took less than...

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Bags are packed…time for another adventure

Written on July 13, 2021 in USA

July 13, 2021 Waiting for our driver to fetch and deliver us to JFK. We have an 8:30 pm flight on IcelandAir. Yep, after 20 months, we have decided to resume our adventures and resurrect this travel blog. I posted about our summer 2020 and our Pandemic Project last week…but I’m still rusty…so bear with...

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Summer 2020 part II…our pandemic project

Written on July 11, 2021 in USA

We couldn’t travel, so we spent the second half of 2020 changing our environment. During the early months in our two person bubble, we’d spent time watching some of the HGTV home renovation shows, plus we’d just finished the complete tear down and reno of our Sarasota place, so we were up for the project....

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Summer 2020…part I

Written on July 6, 2021 in USA

We returned to Long Island on June 1, taking just two days to travel the 1248 miles from our condo in Sarasota to our home on Long Island. It was a very long two days… felt like twenty days, the cats were miserable and I felt like we were surrounded by Covid danger at every...

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